Ellen Magenheim

Centennial Chair

Economics

Affiliations: Economics

Areas of Interest: Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of the Family

“Involuntary and Patient-Initiated Delays in Medical Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic” [pdf] (with Erin Bronchetti and Ethan Bergmann) Health Affairs Scholar, November 2023.
“Is Attention Produced Optimally? Theory and Evidence from Take-up of Bandwidth Enhancements," [pdf] with Erin T. Bronchetti, Judd B. Kessler, Dmitry Taubinsky, and Eric Zwick, Econometrica, March 2023
"Frames that Matter: Increasing the Willingness to Get the Covid-19 Vaccines," (with Sean Diament and Ayse Kaya), Social Science and Medicine, November 2021.
"Hypertension Treatment Rates and Health Worker Density: An Analysis of Worldwide Data," (with Rajesh Vedanthan, Mondira Ray, and Valentin Fuster), Hypertension, 73 (3), 2019, pp. 594-601.
"Attention, Intentions, and Follow-Through in Preventive Health Behavior: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Flu Vaccination," (with Erin Bronchetti and David Huffman), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 116, 2015, pp. 270-291.
"Liberal Arts Colleges and the Production of PhD Economists," (with Philip Jefferson), Journal of Economic Education, Vol. 46, No. 2, April 2015, pp. 189-199.
"When a Nudge isn’t Enough: Defaults and Savings of Low- Income Tax Filers," (with Erin Bronchetti, Thomas Dee, and David Huffman), National Tax Journal, 66(3), 2013, pp. 609-634.

"When What You Don't Know Can Hurt: Health Insurance Coverage, Out-of-Pocket Costs, and Preventive Care," (with Erin Bronchetti, Evelien Van Gelderen, and Sarah Wheaton)
“Do Minimum Wage Increases Induce Changes in Work Behavior for Vulnerable Populations? Evidence from Workers with Disabilities” (with Jiyoon (June) Kim and Michael Levere)
“Do Misperceptions about Medicare Coverage Explain Low Demand for Long Term Care Insurance?” (with Padmaja Ayyagari, Daifeng He,and Jingxin Nie)

"From Pfizer to Phi Beta Kappa: Getting Campuses Vaccinated," with Erin Bronchetti, Benjamin Bohman, Quin Seivold, and Keyan Shayegan, Inside Higher Education, February 8, 2021.
"Philadelphians need third-round stimulus payments to be issued smoothly this time," with Erin Bronchetti, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 2021.
"Should the government pay people to take the COVID-19 vaccine? | Pro/Con," with Erin Bronchetti, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 2021.